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While our lodge is private and cozy, there are quite a number of festive and fun activities for those that like to get out and about! In Dahlonega, you will find wonderful places to dine and shop, enjoy outdoor activities, pan for gold, tour the Gold Museum or just stroll around the square. Visitors can also enjoy local festivals, fine art galleries, and even take in a play at the historic Holly Theatre. Long Mountain Lodge Bed & Breakfast is also conveniently located near five great wineries!
The Dahlonega Lumpkin County Chamber of Commerce at
www.dahlonega.org
provides additional information on local events.
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takes place all day on the historic square.
Events include:
- Annual Pet show in Hancock Park 8:30 AM
- Historic Old Jail and Gold Museum open all day
- Patriotic Ceremony west lawn of the Gold Museum 10:00AM
- Local Non-Profit Organizations will be set up in Hancock Park
- Parade at 12:30 PM
- Appalachian Jam from 2:00PM til 6:00PM East lawn of the Gold Museum
- Cub Scout Watermelon Cutting 2:00PM
- First Friday Concert Series at 6:30 PM with Curtis and Holly Jones
- Fireworks at 9:15on the NGCSU Parade Field may be viewed from downtown and other areas surrounding the campus.
- Abundant off campus parking available.
- 4th of July Schedule of Events
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Vineyards / Wineries / Wine Tasting
Festivals & Special Area Events
Fine Art & Galleries
Outdoor Activities
Cycling & Rentals
Golfing
Community Theatre
Gold Panning & History
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Dahlonega hosts some of the best festivals in the southeast!
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http://www.bearonthesquare.org/
An incredible weekend of music and art held in the foothills of the North Georgia mountains. During that weekend, old time and bluegrass music will fill the Historic Public Square in Dahlonega. There will be on-stage performances by local, regional, and national musicians on Saturday and Sunday, and a juried artist's marketplace features traditional mountain art and crafts. |
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http://www.dahlonegaarts.org/mountainflower06.html
The Mountain Flower Art Festival (MFAF) is a juried fine arts festival located on the historic square of the scenic mountain village of Dahlonega, Georgia. A fine arts festival has been on the square for over 20 years
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http://www.dahlonegajaycees.com/
Voted one of the top twenty events in the southeast by the Southeast Tourism Society, Gold Rush Days is held the third weekend in October (the 18th and 19th in 2008) every year. The event draws thousands of visitors (an estimated 200,000!) annually to see the autumn colors at their peak and to celebrate Dahlonega's 1828 discovery of gold. There are arts and craft vendors around the Public Square and Historic District.
Events that take place over the weekend include a parade, children's activities, a fashion show, gold panning contest, wheelbarrow race, King and Queen Coronation, hog calling, buck dancing contest, gospel singing and other live entertainment, wrist wrestling, and last but not least – some delicious food |
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www.dahlonegacelticmusicfestival.org
2nd Annual | March 27, 28, and 29, 2009
Once again, Festival goers will also be entertained with Celtic-themed workshops, bagpipers, and storytellers. In addition, Celtic arts and craft vendors will set up throughout downtown Dahlonega and around the historic town square. |
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100 miles. 10,700 vertical feet. 2,500 friends
This year marks the 20th anniversary celebration of the Six Gap Century and Three Gap Fifty Bike Ride. Taking place on September 28, 2008 in Georgia's Premier Cycling Venue, the race boasts many of the same roads and mountain climbs of the Tour de Georgia.
The Six Gap Century’s ultra challenging route takes you up and down six of the steepest climbs in the North Georgia Mountains. Test your stamina with more than 10,700 feet of vertical climbing over the 100 mile course. Elevations for the six gaps in this ride range from 2,949 feet to 3,490 feet. The toughest climb, Hogpen Gap, will test even the strongest riders, averaging a 7% grade for seven miles, with sections as steep as 15%.
The Three Gap Fifty’s alternative route offers half the gaps and half the distance, but is nevertheless a demanding and challenging course. Elevations range from 3,109 feet to 3,280 feet. |
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Dahlonega's Old Fashioned Christmas takes place over a period of one month. This year, the festivities will begin with the lighting of the Square and a parade bringing Santa to town on December 6, 2008. Other holiday events will continue to be held daily throughout December until after New Year's. Activities will include caroling, entertainment, wine sampling, and live theater Christmas events. Visit www.dahlonega.org for more information. |
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www.rranchga.com
The 19th Annual Mountain Top Rodeo will be a highlight on the Rodeo circuit not only for all the world-class competitive action, but also for the breathtaking beauty of it’s North Georgia Mountain location. This year promises to be one of the best years to date with non-stop action, hilarious antics, and more fun than you can handle! This year’s rodeo is June 20th & 21st. Midway, which houses the vendors and exhibitors, opens at 6 p.m. while the events begin at 8 p.m. each night.
So shine up your spurs, get out your timers, and let’s get ready to RODEO!
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Dahlonega is home to several fine art galleries on the Historic Square and surrounding areas.
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Visit Hummingbird Lane Art Gallery Online
Hummingbird Lane is an Art Gallery on the Historic Square of Downtown Dahlonega, Georgia. The shop is located on the top floor of Hall's Block, a building built in the 1800's. The creaky steps lead you up to a bright and refreshing 4,000 square foot space full of history, art, and books with tall windows providing natural light and often lots of music. |
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Visit the Bleu Gallery online.
The gallery features richly vibrant and expressive paintings, drawings, jewelry and pottery by artists Beth Brightwell, Helen Miller, Bill Lawson, Terry Ergle, Tony Glisson, Mike Miller and Jeff Kryder.
Bleu is an outside-the-box art gallery with tons of visual surprises and fun. In addition to viewing and buying refreshingly different finished art, you'll see artists at work - and play - creating art live at their easels. It's not just the art - we're a pretty colorful bunch ourselves, and for sure you'll get a jazzy answer to your questions about why we put this line here and painted that 'bleu.' |
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Visit the Kryder Gallery Online
For art collectors and visitors to the north Georgia mountains, Kryder Gallery exhibits work by artists new to the area and by regional artists. The gallery displays vibrant, richly expressive and thought provoking original works of art that engage, enrich and, perhaps, enlighten. Themed group and one-person shows rotate to deliver continuously fresh works so viewers have opportunities to experience a variety of paintings, drawings, mixed media works, photography, sculptures, fiber art, and conceptual installations. |
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Visit the Funky Chicken Art Project Online
You'll find a wide selection of mediums including jewelry, oil and acrylic paintings, fiber art, sculptures in metal, stone, or cement and mosaic. |
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Visit Achasta Web Site
The gem of Achasta's friendly and active community is Achasta Golf Course, a Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course, is 6,995-yards, par-72. The Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course is ideal for walking, nestled in the Chestatee river valley close to 25% of golfers choose to walk instead of renting a cart. Golfers enjoy a challenging yet playable masterpiece, with lush fairways and bent grass greens that roll gently past beautiful views of the Chestatee River and the surrounding mountains. The river plays a major role on approximately over half of the holes, with a unique, river island fifth-hole. |
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Dawsonville - Visit Chestatee Golf website
Chestatee Golf Club's course has been carefully routed to take maximum advantage of the terrain, while least disturbing the environment. Each of the eighteen holes presents numerous avenues and a variety of ways to be attacked, with strategic shots being rewarded. The natural quiescent landscape embraces the apparent steadfast design of Denis Griffiths' Chestatee masterpiece. Chestatee Golf Club's rolling hillsides, unparalleled views and lovely wooded landscapes bring out the golfer in all of us. The Griffiths' signature links-style course rolls through meticulously groomed grounds.
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Rated as one of the top 7 theaters in Georgia, the Holly Theater performs several musicals and dramas on stage year round. The Holly was built in 1946 and has been restored with historic grandeur. Concerts and first run movies are also shown. For information on shows and movies: Website for the Holly: www.hollytheater.com or phone (706) 864-3759. |
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When the news spread that gold had been discovered in North Georgia on Cherokee land, thousands of gold seekers flocked into Northeast Georgia from 1828 to 1847, starting our nation's first major gold rush.
Inside the musuem, after paying your fee, are maps and primary documents relating to the gold rush. Information includes gold receipts issued by the mint, photographs of miners and mines and an interesting film that tells the story of the gold rush and mining that occurred after through the eyes of the people of Dahlonega.
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Visit Consolidated Gold Mines
When you visit, you will be taken on an underground tour of the gold mine by our friendly, knowledgeable staff. Consolidated Gold Mine in Dahlonega was the site of America’s first gold rush. After the tour you will do some gold panning, and gem grubbing. Your gold mine tour guides are friendly and can answer any questions you have about hard rock mining and the excavation period in which approximately 4,000 tons of dirt, debris and ore were removed from the tunnel system. The guides are open to questions and welcome interaction during the 40-45 minute tour. The mines remain at a comfortable 60 degrees year round. A GREAT gold mine adventure! |
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Visit Crisson Gold Mines for panning.
Crisson Gold Mine is an actual open pit gold mine that was established in 1847 and was worked commercially until the early 1980s. We've been open to the public since 1969. We sell our ore by the 5-gallon bucket. You can pan for the gold at our gold mine, or you can take the ore home with you. Crisson Gold Mine also has Gem Stone grubbing. You can find rubies, emeralds, sapphires, crystals, amethysts, garnets, and many more. |
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